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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.

So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

[–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is this that copypasta from the guy?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Unidan, yeah

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The bird was named for its similarity in colouration to the Eurasian magpie; it was a common practice for early settlers to name plants and animals after European counterparts.[11] However, the Eurasian magpie is a member of the Corvidae, while its Australian counterpart is placed in the family Artamidae (although both are members of a broad corvid lineage).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

TL;DR: bird law is confusing and best left to the experts

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is outravous

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 10 points 2 months ago

We have so many abrasive motherfucking birbs the fact it's not a corvid is a blessing

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

What about bluejays? Corvids you know.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

She became corvid-19 to exact her wrath

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But would Becky let him smash? Asking the real questions here!?!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Idk, does he have any blue?

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

He got blue, he got yellow, he got whatever you want (that he can get) :-P

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Honestly I think of bluejays and the rest of the family as crows, too. They're the blue crows. Crows are true crows, but magpies and bluejays and all them are still crows, to me.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Australian magpies have a much nicer song than any corvid